As a follow-up to last night’s all-too-brief discussion about “Ed Wood” (1994) on SciFi Distilled, Roy and I will welcome our erstwhile hosts, Mike and Marybeth, to “Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner” for a follow-up chat about Wood’s pablum opus, “Plan 9 from Outer Space” (1959).
Widely embraced as the worst movie ever made, “Plan 9” is like “The Day the Earth Stood Still” gone horribly wrong. Commander Eros and his saucer people resurrect the earth’s dead in order to get the world’s governments to take them seriously on their intergalactic mission of peace. Or something like that.
Ludicrously scripted, cheaply shot, cringeworthily acted, and artlessly executed, the film stars Swedish wrestler Tor Johnson, pioneering TV host Vampira, and faded horror icon Bela Lugosi. This is one riveting, flabbergasting train wreck.
The “Plan” is for all of us to hang together, on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. Join us as we livestream on Facebook! The comments section will yawn like the grave, this Friday evening at 7:00 EDT.
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